Yield: 24 servings

Chocolate Eclair Cake Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes
Chill Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 15 minutes

This Chocolate Eclair Cake recipe is an old fashioned icebox cake with layers of graham crackers, pudding, and chocolate frosting. An easy no bake dessert recipe!

Ingredients

For the Cake:

  • 1 box honey graham crackers (14.4 ounce)
  • 2 packages (3.4 ounce each) instant french vanilla pudding
  • 2½ cups milk
  • 12 ounce cool whip, thawed

For the Frosting:

  • 2 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate
  • 2 teaspoons corn syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 Tablespoons butter
  • 1½ cups powdered sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons milk

Instructions

  1. Mix pudding with milk in a medium size bowl. Fold in thawed cool whip.
  2. Layer in a 13x9 dish: graham crackers, pudding, graham crackers, pudding, graham crackers.
  3. For the homemade frosting, mix the baking chocolate with corn syrup in a double boiler over medium heat. Stir until smooth. Add vanilla, butter, milk and powdered sugar. Mix until thoroughly combined.
  4. Frost the top layer of graham crackers. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours until serving.

Notes

  • You can swap out homemade frosting for one can of milk chocolate frosting. Remove lid and foil cover. Microwave 20 seconds, stir, and spread over graham crackers.
  • If you can't find french vanilla pudding mix, swap it out for instant vanilla pudding mix.
  • See blog post for more recipe tips, tricks, and substitutions.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 131Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 46mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 0gSugar: 12gProtein: 2g

*Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietitian for special diet advice.

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